2010

 

Guest interviewers sit down with the authors of some of the year's most controversial political books

This week on The House, Kathleen Petty invites three guest-interviewers to sit in her chair and interview the authors of three of this year's most...

John Baird discusses the Cancun Climate Change Conference

This week on The House, guest-host Chris Hall reaches Canada's Environment Minister John Baird at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico. We...

Wikileaks and Afghanistan

This week on The House, Kathleen Petty looks into what all those leaked confidential documents reveal about Canada's decision to stay in Afghanistan. Canada's Military Ombudsman...

A first-hand look at Canada's new mission in Afghanistan with Major-General Stuart Beare

This week on The House with Kathleen Petty, what is Ontario willing to give up to get the other provinces to move forward with...

Lawrence Cannon explains Canada's new mission in Afghanistan

This week on The House, the Canadian government confirms troops will stay in Afghanistan past 2011. Kathleen Petty examines all aspects of the new...

Canada will stay in Afghanistan past 2011

This week on The House, guest-host Chris Hall talks to MP's Laurie Hawn and Bob Rae about Canada's new training mission in Afghanistan, and brings...

Industry Minister Tony Clement explains his Potash decision and former Prime Minister Paul Martin talks about the upcoming G20

This week on The House, Kathleen talks to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Industry Minister Tony Clement about the fallout of Potash. We examine...

Brad Wall argues the proposed takeover of Potash Corporation should not go ahead

This week on The House, Kathleen talks to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall about his push to prevent the takeover of Potash Corporation. An exclusive...

Auditor General Sheila Fraser opens up about the search for her replacement

This week on The House, Kathleen Petty talks to Auditor General Sheila Fraser. Looking ahead to next week's audit into stimulus spending, we also...

Canada's Open Skies strategy

This week on The House, Kathleen Petty talks about Canada's Open Skies strategy with Warren Everson from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Martha Hall...

Jim Flaherty joins us from the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington, D.C.

This week on The House, Kathleen Petty talks to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual meetings in Washington....

The legacy of Michaelle Jean as Canada's Governor General

This week on The House, Kathleen takes a hard look at Canada's job numbers with TD Bank Financial Group's Chief Economist Craig Alexander. We...

Deconstructing the Finance Minister's unusually partisan speech

This week on The House, Kathleen talks to two economists about a particularly partisan speech given by the Finance Minister this week, and what...

The NDP's long-gun registry decision

Kathleen talks with Maurice Grinstead, President of the NDP's Thunder Bay-Superior North electoral district association, about the gun registry debate in his neck of the...

Ed Stelmach weighs in on Nancy Pelosi's visit and funding for a new hockey arena in Quebec City

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit and arenas in Quebec. University of Manitoba ethicist Arthur Schafer on Quebec's "right to...

The NDP's internal struggle over the upcoming long-gun registry vote

The NDP duke it out over the long-gun registry. Jack Layton explains why he wants to keep it. Nova Scotia NDPer Peter Stoffer explains why...

Canada's Arctic strategy

Guest-host Chris Hall sits down with Denmark's ambassador to Canada to discuss the Arctic. Then reporter James Cudmore gives us a sideline perspective of the...

The politics of Tamil migrants

Senator Mobina Jaffer talks about the Tamil migrants and her arrival in Canada as a refugee. Peter MacKay talks to The House from Pond Inlet,...

Feature interview with former NDP leader Ed Broadbent

This week on The House, guest-host Rosemary Barton explores the politics of Tamil migrants with Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. We also get the...

The House at the Council of the Federation meeting in Winnipeg

This week on The House, guest-host Alison Crawford is in Winnipeg for the Council of the Federation's annual meeting. Alison sits down with British Columbia...

Troubles at the RCMP

This week on The House, guest-host Louise Elliott explores the future of the RCMP in light of complaints aimed at Commissioner William Elliott. Louise...

The controversy surrounding the changes to the long-form census

Guest-host James Fitz-Morris chats with Canada's former Chief Statistician, Ivan Fellegi, about the change to the long form census. Pollster Nik Nanos gives us his...

Tony Clement explains the changes to the long-form census

Guest-host Susan Lunn grills Industry Minister Tony Clement about the government's decision to make the long form census voluntary. Michael Ignatieff begins his cross-Canada summer...

The House Goes to Quebec, exclusive interview with Jean Charest

This week, guest-host Tim Duboyce takes you on a tour of the unpredictable and always fascinating world of Quebec politics. Three well-known political insiders (Benoit...

The House Goes to Quebec, exclusive interview with Jean Charest

This week, guest-host Tim Duboyce takes you on a tour of the unpredictable and always fascinating world of Quebec politics. Three well-known political insiders...

Gilbert Lavoie

Back when I was working in Quebec City, one of my favourite political analysts was Gilbert Lavoie. He's a political columnist for Le Soleil newspaper....

The Third Party

It wasn't that long ago, in 2007, that the Action Democratique du Quebec looked like an unstoppable force. Mario Dumont's party was the official opposition...

Our chat with Jean Charest

It was oppressively hot in Quebec City on Wednesday. Yet there I was wearing a suit... Why? The House crew was on its way to...

The House Goes to Quebec

The House is spending a week in Quebec, reporting on the province's unique political landscape.Follow our extensive coverage and in-depth interviews....

The House Goes to Quebec: Panel Discussion

First stop of the week: Cafe Cherrier in Montreal. We asked three political observers to sit down with us to explore Quebec's current political scene....

The House Goes to Quebec

The House is going to Quebec... I've been thinking about doing a show about my home province for a while now, ever since we did...

CSIS Director worries about foreign influence on Canadian politicians

Guest-host Rita Celli sits down with Vancouver City Councillors George Chow and Kerry Jang to talk about CSIS Director Richard Fadden's CBC interview. Brian Lee...

Special coverage of the G8 and G20 meetings

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon talks about the G8 meeting from Huntsville, Ontario. CBC National Affairs Editor Chris Hall analyzes the G8 results. The Governor...

Preview of the G8 and G20 meetings

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty looks ahead to the G20 meeting in Toronto. Reporter Louise Elliott tallies up the unseen costs of the International conference. Quebecor...

Refugee bill highlights dysfunction within the Liberal party

Toronto City Councillor Adam Vaughan talks with Kathleen about his G20 headache. Communications consultant Alan Bonner discusses whether the fake lake is worth it. Reporter...

The House Goes to Alberta

We might be back from Alberta, but there's always more to do about Alberta politics. We received complaints after the show aired last week because...

Special Web Feature Interview

That's it! The world's spotlight will shine on Vancouver for the next two weeks. Every athletes competing in the Olympics could tell you it takes...

The House Goes to Alberta: February 5, 2010

The first person Nick Gamache interviewed in Edmonton was Alberta's lone non-Coservative MP:!). A painting here, a photograph there... Linda Duncan clearly likes to display...

The House Goes to Alberta: February 4, 2010

The Manning name pulls a lot of weight in Alberta. So when we heard the Manning Centre for Building Democracy was having a conference on...

The House Goes to Alberta: February 3, 2010

This is Tom Flanagan in his office at the University of Calgary. Every time you turn a corner in Calgary you come face to face...

The House Goes to Alberta: February 3, 2010

To say that Monte Solberg knows his way around Alberta's federal political scene would be an under statement. He was involved with the Reform Party,...

The House Goes to Alberta: February 3, 2010

The House crew split up today. Three-quarters went north to Edmonton and a date with the Premier. The last quarter headed south to Lethbridge and...

The House Goes to Alberta: February 2, 2010

Now for those of you who think we're just here for the sights: think again. That was yesterday. Today was packed with interviews and work....

The House Goes to Alberta: February 1, 2010

So here we are in Alberta. There is a sniff of change in the air and we figured we should investigate. Our February 6 episode...